Similarly, one who has once deeply experienced the bliss of God's form and the bliss of worship in their mind, even if they no longer have association, they will still remember the bliss of God and the bliss of the association of saints, experiencing pleasure and pain according to their destiny, but they will not forget it. Narayandas Swami would remember. Shastriji Maharaj was talking. Similarly, looking at everyone when the assembly was seated, Narayandas Swami would say, "Oh, with whom did we used to sit, and with whom are we sitting now?" He would remember that. When everyone used to sit with Balmukund Swami and Yogeshwardas Swami, and then when people like us are sitting all around, Swami would feel a longing, remembering with whom he used to sit. When Shastriji Maharaj would deliver discourses, Narayandas Swami would sit opposite him. He would often talk. He would leave his seat and move forward. It is said of Maharaj that he would leave his seat and move closer and closer, right? Narayandas Swami was like that, he would move forward. So, Swami would remember that. One who has never had any experience in their heart, what would they remember? If they haven't done anything like that, then what would they remember? After getting the opportunity of satsang satsang 1) True company. The practice of associating with Bhagvãn’s sant, other satsangis, the ãtmã, and the sacred shãstras, and also observing vartmãns and niyams. 2) Also refers to the sampradãy, which is the presence of good company. Tap to open in glossary → An animal cannot do anything, except eat fodder. Even an ox, if it is a loyal ox, the farmer remembers it, "One day there was a heavy cart, and I put my hand on its head, and it pulled it out." Because they have bonded, he remembers it like that. We might not have let the ox get into a favorable position. How would he even put his hand? A farmer puts his hand on the ox, right? How would he even put his hand on the ox? So he wouldn't remember. One who has never had any experience in their heart, what can they remember? Therefore, as long as there is favorable circumstances, the bliss of the form of God, the bliss of worship, the bliss of the association of true saints, at least once in the heart... ...one must experience all of this. One should experience what this association with God is. They must experience bliss. What is true faith? What is true worship? If that is deeply ingrained in the soul, put into practice, and if they have poured their soul into it, then they will remember it. Then they will remember everything. They will never be unhappy. It is said that they will not be unhappy even in times of misery. Therefore, as long as there is favorable circumstances, the bliss of the form of God, the bliss of worship, the bliss of the association of true saints, must be deeply experienced in the heart at least once. If one cannot have such an experience even in favorable circumstances, then Maharaj says, "They are considered like an animal." What can they remember after that? Shastriji Maharaj used to travel to villages, and he recalls an incident, "We went to Itwa, and there is a cold pool there." A cold pool. It must have been in the river then, and it might still be there. "We all used to go there to bathe every day." It was the cold of the month of Posh Posh Seventh month of the Ãshãdhi Samvat year, normally falling between December and January. Tap to open in glossary → So he would remember that, saying that they used to travel to villages like this. What is that bliss of God like? Maharaj shows that the form of that Supreme Soul is not like the form of any deity, human, or others. It is extremely extraordinary. For us, if we want to experience Maharaj, there is no other service like the service of Maharaj. If one can see the difference between other actions and the service of Maharaj, then they will remember it. They will experience it. His bliss, power, and attributes are extremely extraordinary compared to all others. Such an experience must be felt in one's heart through meditation and worship. Secondly, there is only one God like God. No one else has such an extraordinary, blissful personality like Him. He is extraordinary even compared to the liberated souls of Akshar Akshar 1) Imperishable. In his personal form, Akshar serves Bhagvãn in Akshardhãm, and takes birth on earth as His ideal bhakta (sat-purush). Both forms are human in appearance. In his impersonal form, Akshar is the dhãm of Bhagvãn called Akshardhãm. In his all- pervading anvay form, Akshar is called Chidãkãsh. Tap to open in glossary → When is His extraordinariness experienced? When there is love and one is completely immersed. If there is love and one is immersed, then His extraordinariness is experienced. Regarding the experience of Maharaj's form, Maharaj said in one place that if one practices listening, contemplating, and meditating, then they will attain the bliss of God. They will attain the bliss of God. Here, Maharaj explains it differently. That if there is love in it, then they will experience His bliss, they will experience His extraordinariness. As long as their soul is not immersed, everything appears the same to them. Sometimes, those who are near are very annoyed. They are fed up, and those who are far away seem good. As they say, "Distant hills look beautiful," right? Girnar looks very beautiful from the whole of Saurashtra. It looks as beautiful as if it were drawn. If you go close, you face difficulties. Hills seem beautiful from afar. If it feels beautiful even when you come close, then it is worth remembering. And when does it feel beautiful? When there is love, and when their soul is immersed in it, then it feels so. Then it is worth remembering. Furthermore, that form of God is nirguna. That is, as it is experienced, it uproots the bonds of maya. What does nirguna mean? What does apahatapapma mean? What does nirguna mean? Free from maya and attributes. Free, but not devoid of attributes. It is the dispeller of attributes. It uproots and removes attributes from their source. Attributes mean the three gunas: sattva, rajas, and tamas. So, the form of God is the dispeller of weaknesses. How is that experienced? Huh? No, no, it happens if their soul is immersed in God. If they are far away, how can they experience it? When they develop a sense of self-identification with the Supreme Soul, then they realize what He is like. If one warms themselves from a distance, how would they know how hot it is? Or how cold it is? Warming from a distance. What is the means to get close, to get close to God? Service of God. Self-identification and service. They must develop self-identification and love for God. Then it is experienced. And love develops through the medium of service. The extraordinariness of God's form compared to other forms will be seen when it is meant to be seen, when there is intense love and intense meditation. But the extraordinariness must be seen between the service of God and other services. This entire world dies doing donkey work, and they get no fruit from it. And if, even by mistake, the service of God has been performed, then at the end of life, they feel a cool peace that, "At least this one thing was done by me." AI translation of the Gujarati transcript above, produced in the same pass that transcribed the audio, one English segment per Gujarati segment. Devotional and technical terms with no precise English equivalent (kirtan, satsang, vasana, samskara, and similar) are kept as their plain transliteration rather than force-translated. 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